Calibration and operation of an underwater laser triangulation sensor: The varying baseline problem

Optical Engineering

Volumn 36, Issue 9, 1997, Pages 2604-2611

  Chantier, Michael J ^a,b   Clark, James ^a,c,d,e   Umasuthan, Manickan ^a,f,g  

^a HERIOT WATT UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GLASGOW   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ABERTAY DUNDEE   (United Kingdom)

^d Heriot Watt University ^*

^e Scanners Ltd   (United Kingdom)

^f UNIVERSITY OF JAFFNA   (Sri Lanka)

^g UNIVERSITY OF WALES   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Depth sensing; Laser triangulation; Underwater vision; Workspace sensing

Indexed keywords

EID: 0038592125     PISSN: 00913286     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1117/1.601500     Document Type: Article

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